Spontaneous emergence versus technology management in sustainable mobility transitions: Electric bicycles in China

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 371-383

  Wells, Peter ^a   Lin, Xiao ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; Electric bicycles; New energy vehicles; Socio technical change; Transport policy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BICYCLES; COMMERCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; SPORTING GOODS;

BEIJING; CHINA; ELECTRIC BICYCLES; NEW ENERGY VEHICLES; SOCIO-TECHNICAL CHANGES; TRANSPORT POLICY;

ELECTRIC BIKES;

CYCLE TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; MOBILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; FUJIAN; FUZHOU;

EID: 84934943517     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2015.05.022     Document Type: Article

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